Colin Cowdrey
Michael Colin Cowdrey
Born: 24 December 1932, Bangalore, India
Died: 4 December 2000, Angmering Park, Littlehampton, Sussex
Major Teams: Kent, Oxford University, England.
Known As: Colin Cowdrey
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break
Test Debut: England v Australia at Brisbane, 1st Test, 1954/55
Last Test: England v Australia at Melbourne, 6th Test, 1974/75
Only ODI: England v Australia at Melbourne, One-off ODI, 1970/71
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1956
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 114 188 15 7624 182 44.06 22 38 120 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 119 0 104 0 - - 0 0 - 5.24
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 20.00 0 0 0 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1950 - 1976)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 692 1130 134 42719 307 42.89 107 231 638 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 4890 3329 65 51.21 4-22 0 0 75.2 4.08
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(career: 1963 - 1975)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 87 78 11 1978 116 29.52 3 12 38 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 59 43 3 14.33 1-0 0 0 19.6 4.37
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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An elegant and stylish batsman, who captained his county and England, Colin Cowdrey
fulfilled the hopes of his cricket-loving father who chose his name (and thus his initials).
A schoolboy prodigy, playing for the Tonbridge against Clifton at Lords when only 13,
and one of the best
University batsman, he was the youngest player ever capped for
Kent. On his day a joy to watch, the somewhat portly Cowdrey
excelled in the cover drive, and had a remarkably effective
paddle sweep against spinners, hitting the ball very fine. In
his schoolboy days, he had great success with his leg-spin, but
this was seen rarely at the first-class level. He was a fine
fielder in the slips. He toured Australia six times, the last
time in 1974/5 when called in as a late replacement he showed
great courage in facing Lillee and Thompson. He captained
England on a successful tour of the West Indies in 1967-68, but
lost the position after injury. He celebrated his unprecedented
100th Test appearance, at Edgbaston against Australia in 1968, in the only
way possible - by scoring a hundred. He was a member of the elite hundred
centuries club, and played twenty-six years for Kent.
His sons Graham and Chris both played for Kent, and Chris captained England
(his father had made a single first-class appearance in the Bombay Quadrangular
tournament). In retirement he was much involved in cricket administration. In
1986-87 he served a one-year term as president of the organisation with whom
he shares his initials - the MCC. From 1989 to 1993 he served as president of
the International Cricket Council, a period which saw great change in the
operations of the ICC itself as well as the return to international cricket
of South Africa. He was elevated to the peerage in 1997, and became Lord
Cowdrey of Tonbridge, after earlier being knighted for services to cricket
(DL and RE 2000).
Last Updated: Monday, 02-Sep-2002 10:11:47 GMT
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